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... Qsrarrt Qsrarq Light up-- and smile! Dim lights and low spirits never won anything certainly not that war against boredom on the Home Front that we are counselled to wage. Light up your home and you will light up the hearts of all about you. You do not have to cut down your electricity and your black-out precautions should be a little more permanent anyway. Also good light will ease your eyes ...

Published: Monday 01 January 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 119 | Page: Page 71 | Tags: Illustrations 

BRITISH BEAUTIFYING PRODUCTS LIMITED

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worms

... --a danger to every dog, easily and safely overcome by Bob Martin worm medicines. Precautionary worming should be part of a dog's regular health routine (at least once in three months). The symptoms of infestation are staring coat, thinness, bad breath, variable appetite, pot belly in puppies, husky cough, and depraved appetite (eating coal, garbage, etc). Bob Martin worm medicines are ...

Published: Monday 01 January 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 111 | Page: Page 85 | Tags: Illustrations 

Old Tales Re-told

... Wow the Secret Weapons'''' of hrchimedes YLept the Vlighty Roman Krmy and Navy at Bay for Vhree Years Written and Illustrated by F. Matania, R.I. UNTIL the discovery of gunpowder revolutionised every system of military offensive, the develop ment of weapons had been very slow, for since pre-Roman time the con struction of weapons had made little or no progress. In fact, the only notable event ...

Published: Monday 01 January 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2988 | Page: Page 23, 24, 25, 26, 90 | Tags: Illustrations 

Forty AND FIT FOR ANYTHING

... AAA J AND FIT FOR ANYTHING By Lynne Joyce On that Sunday morning-- the first Sunday of September --we stood, my week-end guests and I, in the long low room of my cottage, in a silent cluster round the radio. All of us, that is, but two. We are at war with Germany. Solemnly, the Prime Minister's words fell, syllable by syllable, on our ears. From the sofa, at the far end of the room, came a ...

THE PERFUMED GHOST: A case from a Parisian private detective's notebook

... The Perfumed Ghost A case from a Parisian private detective's notebook By Peter Cheyney _ I WAS leaving the office when the telephone rang. Lefty took off the receiver. After a minute he put his hand over the transmitter and turned to me. It's a woman, he said, with a pretty voice. She wants to see you. Says it's urgent She's introduced by Van Dine. I don't usually see clients at nine ...

Eating Humble Pie AND LIKING IT

... AND LIKING IT By Harriet Muir It's nice to think that we have progressed far in the matter of cooking. Yes, I know all about our industrious grandmothers and their stillrooms bursting with home-cured hams and homemade elderberry wine. But in our own lifetime I notice an immense and refreshing difference between the economi cal dishes of twenty-five years ago and the economical dishes of to-day ...

Published: Monday 01 January 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1889 | Page: Page 56, 57 | Tags: Illustrations 

PONDS

... I v i'; rppNp:fli It's simply amazing how much fresher-looking, finer and softer my complexion has become! SAYS LADY RUSSELL OF LIVERPOOL IADY RUSSELL, wife of Lord Russell of Liverpool, says I've used Pond's Creams for a long time and they've always been simply marvellous. Indeed, they've improved my skin wonderfully made it finer, softer and fresher-looking, besides smoothing away the ...

COOKERY

... Ration- a 1 Rationing of foods has meant no tighten ing of belts on the Home Front. The Nation's Larder is well stocked. The price of foods, however, has gone up and most of us have less to spend. This means cutting down on expensive bacon and eggs, serving a little less meat, and conserving such foods as sugar and butter. We have learned, as our mothers did, that there's no need for meat, ...

Published: Monday 01 January 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 374 | Page: Page 75 | Tags: Illustrations 

Death May Have a Silver Lining: Doomed, he sought his Fate, and found a Love that brought him Life

... Doomed, he sought his Fate, and found a Love that brought him Life By John Haggart JIMMY RANSDALL sat staring at his pale, tired face in the make-up mirror; or what passed for a make-up mirror in a theatre dressing-room in Bangkok. It was a cracked, fly-specked piece of glass hanging forlornly on a streaked plaster wall, which was sweat ing, Jimmy thought, as uncomfortably as he from the ...

Article

... On Duty and Off On Duty (Continued from page 42) salts take the ache out of muscles and the EBE bath flowers which fizzle or bubble away in the water provide a champagne bath which is as exhilarating as a champagne cocktail. WORK and worry can play hell with your hair, making it harsh and dry or exces sively oily. As a New Year's resolution let me suggest that you make up your mind to keep ...

Published: Monday 01 January 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 429 | Page: Page 44, 45, 90 | Tags: Illustrations 

and Off

... - Off Duty THE more glamorous your appear ance the more pleasure you give. There is no need to let your face fall just because you have closed your town house and are living in the country miles away from a beauty parlour. With Elizabeth Arden's face-moulding treatment folder your face can be self- supporting during a ten-year war if necessary. In this slim folder you will find six exercise ...

Published: Monday 01 January 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1207 | Page: Page 45, 90 | Tags: Illustrations